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Lady of Quality

  • 1972 first published
  • 284 pages
  • ★ 4.0 (22 ratings)
  • 30 editions

Georgette Heyer's Lady of Quality (1972) is a historical romance and Regency romance novel. The story is set in England Great Britain, in the Regency era. It features Annis Wychwood, Oliver Carleton and Lucilla Carleton. Key subjects include Great Britain, heiresses, female friendship and guardian and ward.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 22 ratings, and 95 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 30 editions across 3 languages.

It runs to roughly 284 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Lady of Quality

The spirited and independent Miss Annis Wychwood is a beautiful heiress, and hopelessly single, has twenty-nine and well past the age for falling in love. When she sponsored young pretty Miss Lucilla Carleton's "coming out," the town's social elite were shocked. After all, how could Annis find Lucilla a husband when she could not choose one for herself? Then Lucilla's handsome and egotistical uncle and guardian, Mr. Oliver Carleton, arrived to approve the sponsorship. But when Annis embroils herself in the affairs of the runaway heiress, Lucilla, she is destined to see a great deal of her fugitive's uncivil and high-handed guardian, Oliver. Befriending the wayward girl brings unexpected consequences, among them the conflicting emotions aroused by her guardian, whose reputation as the rudest man in London precedes him. Chafing at the restrictions of Regency society in Bath, Annis has to admit that at least Carleton is never boring. And his brash and rakish manner quickly succumbed to the will of Annis, this remarkable heiress no man had yet subdued. Outrageous as he is, the charming Annis ends up finding him absolutely irresistible.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

  • England Great Britain

Era

Characters

  • Annis Wychwood
  • Oliver Carleton
  • Lucilla Carleton

Subjects

  • Regency Historical Romance
  • Love stories
  • Great Britain
  • Heiresses
  • Female friendship
  • Guardian and ward
  • Runaway women
  • American Historical fiction
  • Romance fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote Lady of Quality?

Lady of Quality was written by Georgette Heyer and first published in 1972.

What genre is Lady of Quality?

It is usually shelved as Historical Romance, Regency Romance and Historical Fiction.

How long is Lady of Quality?

The median edition has 284 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Lady of Quality?

Readers who like it often enjoy Persuasion, Vanity Fair and Pride and Prejudice.

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